Extracted from The Delaware County Daily Times (Monroe, LA)
Monday, September 11, 2000 (Primos - Upper Darby, PA)

Mary Corley Norcoss, 84,

Retired Aldan School kindergarten teacher

Mary Corley Norcoss, 84, of Newtown Square, a retired kindergarten teacher, died Sept. 9 at White Horse Village.

Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Mrs. Norcross lived in Drexel Hill and Lansdowne before moving to White Horse Village where she resided for 11 years. Mrs. Norcross was a kindergarten teacher at the Aldan School for more than 20 years before her retirement in 1975. She was a member of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the Lansdowne-Aldan Education Association and Lansdowne Baptist Church. Mrs. Norcross enjoyed spending summers at a family cottage on the Chesapeake Bay. For 55 years she was married to Maurice Norcross who died in July.

Survivors: Son, William C. Norcross of Media daughter, Mary Elizabeth Norcross Post of West Milford, N.J. four grandchildren one great-grandchild.

Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Toppitzer Funeral Home, Garrett Road and Lansdowne Avenue, Drexel Hill.

Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill.

Visitation: Noon-2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Contributions: National Ataxia Foundation, 2600 Fernbrook Lane, Suite 119, Minneapolis, MN 55447.